Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-27
To what extent ia Il mortCaoed /?

the corporation) for successful exhibit
ton purposes what say you?
First of all the grounds are not q
half mile from the corporation line. In
ell my visits TO different expositions [
never have seen grounds more eligibly
located. At New Orleans the grounds
are from three 10 four miles from the
business centres of the city. Al Louis
vile and Atlanta farther than are our
F grounds, and at Philadelphia four TO five
miles ont. At all OF these places, save
Atlanta, vastly more people were trans
+ ported than We can hope to have to
handle. Our grounds are beautifully To-
Gated in every particular
Is it true that the street car lines will
be extended to the Fairgrounds
81 learn both railway companies will
in the near future extend their lines to
the Fair grounds"
THE EXHIBITIoN.
/ Surprising that you can get all the i'm
provements you mention, what would be
the character of the exhibition you
would have?
Partly agricultural, partly industrial
/ or mechanical. Indeed, would have it
partake of everything possible that could
tend to elevate, instruct, and interest the
people. | want to make it Ell occasion
when the world can come and see who
we are, what we are, andwh we have
got, and when We can see what is going
on in the world. We must not stop at a
mere show, however We must use the
occasion for business ! have before
suggested that every county shall have a
map made not less than SIX feet square,
say, showing every farm and name Of
owner, with number Of acres; also show
ing every stream. road, village, means Of
transportation, the different character of
woods (by colors). variety of crops
grown, &C, together with a display OF
minerals, products, sc. In other words,
to have the State of Virginia here in
Richmond for the benefit of the land
buyer. the visitor, the manufacturer, and
our own people. This latter feature l
wish to make permanent exhibition of,
which will constitute place of no little
interest in our city, especially if we get
the grounds in the shape of park. Just
here ] might add some ideas as to the
relation | would have exist between the
Commissioner of Agriculture and this
permanent exhibit, but it is not necessa-
~ at this time
! VIRGINIA MECHANICS INSTITUTE.
What bearing do you suppose the ex-
position would have on the Virginia
/ Mechanics Institute School? Would It
not interfere with their attempt to get
money for a school building and perma-
nent exhibition hall
THE two things are in perfect'barmo-
nv The institute is grand institution
and merits all support. / see no reason
why the two should i'll any way collide.
The institute is doing n work in educa-
ton which must tell in our manufactu-
ring resources. and an exhibition hall in
the line of its work should by all means
be secured. The State Agricultural Fair
and Exposition YOU can see at glance is
far wider reaching. 1t is the welding
link between the agriculturalist Che who
supports the very men raised up in the
institute and all the rest of our people,
and the merchant and manufacturer. 1t
advertises our State. 1t brings the peo-
ple here from whom we look for trade.
1t is all and more than the exhibition OF
an institute can hope to be even in It's
direct line at the same time a rallying
occasion for the farmers and merchants,
and thing that will call here men of
capital and talent such as can be courted
no other way.
NOW. WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE
What step do You propose to bring
this matter before our businessmen,
and when?
81 am striving to get at the actual
sentiment of our people. What they
think wise in this matter ! shall abide
by. l shall not attempt to force any
opinion of my own upon them. 1t is
more their matter than mine. | expect
in a week or SO to call a meeting OF our
citizens, and / want each man to think
and act for himself, as having a plain
business proposition before him. | have
given them time enough, | think, to
weigh the subject. | am not willing to
have another Fair such as We have been
having. and viii SO recommend to the
Executive Committee at their meeting
January u, 1883"
CITY CoUNCIL-THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
VIII YOU ask any aid from the City
Council ?
Il do not contemplate asking any
thing at the hands Of the City Council
The matter is one which concerns the
whole city. Our representatives there
are supposed to he awake to her every
interest, and can but expect that no.
thing of SO great importance will escape
their attention.
"Will you permit me to add that, for
tunately or unfortunately, this matter Of
an exposition at Richmond has now gone
out to the world. The newspapers have
taken it up on every side. There have
been. Justly or not, some harsh criticisms
as TO our city's want of enterprise, and
/ we as individuals seem inclined to COM
fort ourselves that it is the city, and for
get that we as individuals constitute and
/ are responsible for it. TO such on ex-
/ tent has this gone that our commercial
| travellers often say to me that they are
made ashamed away from home by the
/ taunts of those with whom they come in
contact in trade. Shall We submit 10
/ this ? Does it mean anything and carry
any force with it affecting trade ? In n
word, shall we make Richmond what she
can and should be made, or are We to be
content to quietly drift along the current
of time, waiting for something to turn
up or some magic touch to bring us pros
/ perity and progress The people must
/ decide, and that promptly"
Charged with Selling Liquor to
ssinors.
Mrs. Bridget Mahoney and j. n. ALI
son were before the Police Court yester
day morning charged with selling liquor
TO minors. The former keeps a bar
room at the corner of Eighteenth and
/ Nenable streets, and the latter, who fol-
/ lows the same vocation, has his place of
business on MAN street opposite the ST.
Charles Hotel. The cases were both
continued until Tuesday at the instance
of the defendants, who said that they
wanted time 10 have witnesses sum
moned.
The two witnesses for the Common
wealth are RoSscr Coleman and Lester
Met iruler oOed rcsnectivelv ei0hteen